Infamous
rap artist O.D.B. collapsed and died inside a Manhattan recording
studio last Saturday at age 35. O.D.B., short for Ol’ Dirty Bastard,
complained of chest pains before collapsing at the recording studio,
and was dead upon arrival of paramedics, said Gabe Tesoriero, a
spokesman for O.D.B.'s record label, Roc-a-Fella.

O.D.B., legally born Russell Jones, was a founding member of rap group
the Wu-Tang Clan in the early 90s, and had many nicknames – including
Ol' Dirty Bastard, Dirt McGirt, Big Baby Jesus, Dirt Dog, Osirus, Joe
Bannanas and Unique Ason. His career and personal life were often
controversial – crashing the stage at the 1998 Grammy Awards, taking
place in an MTV documentary that showed him taking some of his 13
children to a welfare office to pick up food stamps in a limo, escaping
a drug rehab clinic and serving time in prison.

O.D.B.
would have turned 36 today, and the cause of death still remains
unclear. Autopsy results could take more than a week, according to the
New York City medical examiner’s office.